California Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

California wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the California region.

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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.4 S	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	10	15	10	8	10	11	10	14	11	13	13	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	222	552	318	464	768	351	1144	1542	2088	111	772	266	457	452	694	608	358	752	829	615	528	560
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:45PM 2.02		10:49AM 2.00	7:47PM 2.04	8:59PM 2.49	9:35AM 1.72	6:46PM 1.58		8:37AM 1.48		11:22PM 2.14	9:54AM 1.82		11:05PM 1.70	12:06PM 1.47		11:49PM 1.63	12:09PM 1.69		10:31PM 1.48	12:40PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	11:53AM 1.05		1:18AM -0.07			4:02AM 0.41			2:27AM -0.08		2:21PM 0.40			2:43PM 0.60		5:55AM 0.14	6:14PM 0.79		5:51AM 0.30	6:12PM 0.65	4:27AM 0.33	6:18AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	21	26	15	23	18	20	19	16	15	16	19	28	22	16	17	21	25	18	18	18	22	17
Low °C	17	25	14	22	17	17	16	15	13	14	18	25	22	15	16	16	25	17	16	18	20	16
Chill °C (?)	21	26	15	23	18	20	19	14	15	16	19	28	22	16	17	21	25	18	18	18	22	16
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	0.4 SW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	6	16	10	15	10	8	10	15	10	10	11	13	11	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	12	13	9	12	15	15	19	14	14	14	4	13	14	13	14	12	12	12	18	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	-	1.2 NW	0.9 NNW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	5	6	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Arnold CAL - Ventura	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 W	0.8 S	1.0 S	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.5 WNW	0.7 S	2.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	18	18	11	18	11	17	15	16	16	16	10	15	15	7	8	9	10	10	10	15	10
Energy(?)	1116	563	594	564	622	511	547	1032	577	564	582	508	407	532	946	1100	1190	1844	2165	595	268	1030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:19AM 1.19	9:58AM 1.88			6:45PM 2.02				7:46AM 1.30	10:25AM 1.76				8:42PM 1.57				10:12AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55PM 0.35				12:49PM 1.27				1:18AM -0.07				1:29PM 1.10					3:34AM -0.05				3:28PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	28	21	23	22	24	21	23	28	23	23	22	18	22	25	16	15	14	13	14	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	28	21	23	22	24	21	23	28	23	23	22	18	22	25	16	15	14	12	14	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 W	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.8 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.5 WNW	0.7 S	2.0 NW
Period (s)	16	8	18	11	9	11	9	15	16	16	16	10	15	15	12	8	9	10	10	10	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	10	13	13	18	18	17	11	12	16	12	12	9	5	16	15	15	15	15	15	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Arnold CAL - Ventura	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.4 NW	0.8 S	0.9 NNW	0.7 S	1.2 NW	0.7 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	16	10	18	6	18	8	18	16	18	18	18	11	18	16	18	18	11	18	18	18	16	18
Energy(?)	1094	702	615	163	608	270	580	1040	594	588	622	568	642	724	565	439	451	585	567	289	461	508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)									7:19AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55PM 0.35			2:51AM -0.01											1:22PM 0.94	2:18PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	21	22	14	21	17	21	28	23	25	26	21	22	24	17	21	21	17	17	22	21	19
Chill °C (?)	28	21	22	14	21	17	21	28	23	25	26	21	22	24	17	21	21	17	17	22	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 NW	0.8 S	0.9 NNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 S	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	16	10	18	6	9	8	8	16	18	18	18	11	10	16	7	9	11	8	8	18	16	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 S
Period (s)	7	19	13	8	10	9	10	8	13	13	13	17	18	11	18	18	18	18	18	8	16	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

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